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Hi, Rusty.....the first manifold
that I received from Atkins (the one he sells with his EFI fuel and intake
system) fit very well on my 1989 turbo engine. The ports all seemed to
line up nicely. It is the short, straight manifold. I sent it back to
him, and traded for the wrap-around manifold, which is now sitting on a shelf.
Nice decoration for my garage. Hope this helps? Paul Conner
That's interesting Paul, but I
already called Atkins place yesterday to ask, and they said they didn't make a
straight manifold to fit the turbo block. I didn't talk to Dave,
so maybe the guy on the phone just didn't know. Maybe it's worth
another phone call to talk to
Dave.
As for welding up the current
space, I don't see how it would be possible. The channels are so
narrow, that my tig torch barely fits inside. How about some other
metal? Is there something along the lines of a brazing alloy
that would melt at a substantially lower temp than aluminum, so I could just
heat the entire manifold with a torch, and pool the molten alloy inside the
runner?
Thanks for any comments. I've
got to get moving on this intake in the next couple days, since I'm burning
vacation time to make this
happen.
Cheers,
Rusty (off to the hanger for some
inspiration)
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